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" O Printing! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind! That lead, when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth, which he sowed, were nothing else... "
Knight's Penny Magazine - Page 206
1846
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The Craftsman, Volume 13

Great Britain - 1737 - 574 pages
...publick Tooth-drawers? And yet thefe • ' rafcally Operators of the Prtfs have got a Trick to fatten them again in a few Minutes, that they grow as firm...as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing ! how haft Thou diihirb<'d the Peace of Mankind ! that Lead, when moulded into Bullets, is not fo mortal...
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An Olio of Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and Memoranda, Original ...

William Davis (bibliographer.) - Bibliography - 1814 - 146 pages
...out by B and L, the public tooth-drawers, and yet these rascally operators of the Press have gotten a trick to fasten them again in a few minutes, that...when moulded into bullets is- not so mortal as when founded into letters! there was a mistake sure in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpents teeth which...
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An olio of bibliographical and literary anecdotes, including mr. Cole's ...

William Davis (bibliographer.) - 1814 - 140 pages
...out by B and L, the public tooth-drawers, and yet these rascally operators of the Press have gotten a trick to fasten them again in a few minutes, that they grow as tirm a set, and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing, how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 536 pages
...like so many rotten teeth, how oft have they been pulled out by B. and L., the public tooth-drawers! and yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters 1 There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 4

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...like so many rotten teeth, how oft have they been pulled out by B. and L., the public tooth-drawers! and yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters 1 There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...rotten teeth ! How oft have they been pulled out by B. and L. (Le Strange) the public tooth-drawers? And yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth, which...
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Sketch of the History and Influence of the Press in British India ...

Leicester Stanhope Earl of Harrington - Censorship - 1823 - 218 pages
...look but like so many rotten teeth, how oft have they been pulled out by the public toothdrawers ; and yet these rascally operators of the Press have got a trick to fasten them in again, and they grow as firm a set and as biting and talkative as ever. O Printing! how hastthou...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...rotten teeth ! How oft have they been pulled out by B. and L. (Le Strange) the public tooth-drawers ? And yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 11

Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...rotten teeth ! How oft have they been pulled out by B. and L. (Le Strange) the public tooth-drawers? And yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 11

Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...rotten teeth ! How oft have they been pulled out by B. and L. (Le Strange) the public tooth-drawers? And yet these rascally operators of the press have...when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus ; and the serpent's teeth,...
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